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4Culture: King County Wastewater Treatment, Elliott West Wet Weather Treatment Station Upgrade

4Culture: King County Wastewater Treatment, Elliott West Wet Weather Treatment Station Upgrade — 4Culture
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  • Who Can Apply: Open to individual artists or artist teams residing in the United States who have experience working in 2-dimensional glass and/or on façade projects of a similar scale.
  • The Focus: A site-specific artwork commission for the east glass stairwell façade and upper facing north glass window of the upgraded Elliott West Wet Weather Treatment Station.
  • Compensation: $40,000 design fee (inclusive of artist fees, collaboration, research, and design development), plus up to $5,000 in travel funds during the design phase.
  • Key Requirements: Online application with current demographic profile, contact information, a statement of interest (500 words or less), artist résumé, and 10 work samples (images 1–8; samples 9–10 may be images or video up to three minutes cumulative, via public Vimeo/YouTube URLs).
DeadlineThursday, October 22, 2026
Pay$40,000 design fee (covers artist fees, collaboration with the project team, research and design development). This is not an all-inclusive budget: materials, fabrication, installation, transportation and WA sales/use tax are managed and paid by 4Culture with a selected fabricator. Up to $5,000 in additional travel funds is allocated during the design phase.
Program datesDesign Development January–May 2027; Fabrication 2028–2029; Installation 2029–2030
Locationnational
ParticipationRemote
Disciplinespublic art, 2-dimensional glass, façade artwork
Application notesFinalists will be invited to a virtual orientation session and interview. Individuals with potential conflicts of interest (King County employees; 4Culture staff, Board, and Public Art Advisory Committee members; their immediate family members or business partners) are not eligible. Applications are completed online through 4Culture's system; new accounts are manually activated during office hours, Mondays–Fridays 9:00 AM–4:00 PM.
Contactfiona.dang@4culture.org
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